It wasn’t till Could of 1957 that Ricky Nelson celebrated his seventeenth birthday together with his first nationwide hit, with the double-sided “A Teenager’s Romance” and “I’m Walking.” However the remainder of that yr was overflowing with success for the younger pin-up from New Jersey, and on December 30, he rounded it off with one more chart entry and one other of his most well-known songs, “Stood Up.”
That debut hit, certainly one of his two chart entries on Verve, was a double-sided winner for Nelson, with the songs reaching Nos.2 and 4 respectively. His recognition was so all-enveloping that lots of Ricky’s singles would produce two chart entries for the value of 1. After “You’re My One and Only Love” had stalled at No.14, he recaptured his Prime 10 standing with the No.3 hit “Be-Bop Baby.” It was backed with a No.29 remake of Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters’ 1950 success “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?”
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Now got here the pacy “Stood Up,” written by Dallas-based nation songman Dub Dickerson with Erma Herrold. It was a music with such enchantment that it appeared not solely on Billboard’s pop charts however the R&B and nation listings as effectively. That includes the celebrated James Burton in addition to Joe Maphis on guitars, the one was described in Money Field as a “torrid teen tune,” because the commerce journal selected it as its “Disk of the Week.”
The music charted with Nelson already sitting fairly within the Prime 10 of the album and EP charts, each with releases titled Ricky. “Stood Up” began at No.22 on Finest Sellers In Shops, listed with its B-side “Waitin’ In School,” which claimed its personal place on Prime 100 Sides. The lead quantity went on to spend three weeks at No.2, his greatest displaying so far, whereas “School” progressed to No.18.
Purchase or stream “Stood Up” and “Waitin’ In School” on the Ricky Nelson double LP reissue Ricky/Ricky Nelson.
